Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today (04 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 10PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (04 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Evening (04 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 176 | 73 | 72 | 82 | 131 | 399 | 461 | 281 | 154 | 114 | 219 | 510 | 498 | 498 | 300 | 224 | 219 | 206 | 144 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 9:43PM1.69m | 10:21AM1.84m | 10:46PM1.72m | 11:23AM1.89m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:00AM0.26m | 4:39PM0.31m | 4:59AM0.22m | 5:39PM0.27m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Temp °C | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Feels °C | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NNE 8 | SW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 |
| kJ | 176 | 78 | 47 | 82 | 131 | 399 | 461 | 281 | 154 | 114 | 97 | 510 | 498 | 498 | 119 | 109 | 96 | 92 | 90 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | NNW 6 | NNE 7 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSW 14 | S 15 | SSW 17 | SE 9 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | SSW 17 | NE 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | 76 | 33 | 19 | 72 | 69 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 110 | 110 | 219 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 24 | 224 | 53 | 94 | 92 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 8 | SSE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | NE 10 | NE 8 | SE 9 | SSW 17 | NNE 5 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 25 | 73 | 72 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 300 | 17 | 219 | 206 | 144 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 5 | WSW 5 | NW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 4 | N 5 | NNW 5 | N 5 | NNW 4 | N 5 | — | ESE 3 | ESE 3 | ESE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 5 |
| kJ | 80 | 43 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 47 | 102 | 75 | 43 | 34 | 21 | — | 2 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 33 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 171 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 27 | 145 | 16 | 5 |
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